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After an eternity using a laser and making sure we have a slope of 1cm per meter we now have the base layer done :) If I understand correctly I now need to rent a machine to compact everything tightly before putting the visqueen layer and the armature.

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[-] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I think an actual French drain requires some kind of pierced tubing running along the drain. I don’t think I will bother with that.

[-] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

One of the coolest French drains I've seen is just breathable yard cloth wrapped around rocks.

Just keeps dirt out of it. And water flowing

[-] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

That’s exactly what I have foreseen :) I saw another post a while ago showing that and I had geotextile in excess so I used it with the remaining of the rocks we had around.

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